In The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, the STEP-UP T2D and STEP-UP trial groups present new findings on the efficacy and safety of higher-dose semaglutide (7·2 mg once weekly) in individuals with ...

Senior officials say HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is eviscerating the CDC. Washington Correspondent Susan Jaffe reports.

Narrative medicine places the patient's story at the centre of health care. It assumes that, in almost every clinical ...

Genetics research in Parkinson's disease has identified over 100 risk loci, yet translating these findings into understanding ...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the world's leading causes of illness and death.1 Efforts to reduce NCD mortality are ...

We read with great interest the Article by Shawn D St Peter and colleagues1 showing that an antibiotics-first approach in children with uncomplicated appendicitis is inferior to appendicectomy in ...

In 2014, when William Mead unexpectedly died of sepsis at just 12 months old, his mother, Melissa, transformed her grief into ...

It was early on in her career that Sally Hargreaves, a social epidemiologist, became interested in migrant health. During her master's degree in infectious diseases public health, she realised ...

As screening and early treatment for type 1 diabetes become more widespread, the European action for the Diagnosis of Early ...

As members of institutions committed to health equity, we write with moral urgency in response to the devastation inflicted on civilians in Gaza since October, 2023.1 We cannot remain silent in the ...

Methanol poisoning of western tourists makes international headlines, but those most commonly affected are from countries where diagnosis and treatment options are limited. Sophie Cousins reports.